Improvement in sleighs



W. POST.. Y Sleigh No.20l556. Patented March 19, 1878.

v WITNESSES INVENTOR V ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. POST, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SLEIGHS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 201,556, dated March19, 1878; application filed I March 6, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN W. POST, of New York, in the county of New Yorkand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Sleighs; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,

metal may be used without affecting the character or principle of myinvention.

This invention consists in so forming the runners that the forward endscome completely over and down on a line with the raves, which are madeof tubular or solid metal, and may be screwed or otherwise fastened intoor to the forward end of said runners; and the adding of a specialcurved brace t0 the forward and upper curve of the runners tends togreatly strengthen the same, and at the same time embellish the generaldesign.

A bar of slight curvature connects the forward part of the runners, andis held in position by screw-eyelets, which also serve as an attachingdevice for the string, pole, or thills by which the sleigh is drawn.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of my sleigh; Fig.2, a top view of the same; and Fig. 3 is a view of one of thecross-bars, knees, and brace.

A A represent the runners of a sleigh or sled, made of tubular or solidmetal, and so formed as to curve completely over and down to the raves,to which they are fastened.

to a a and b b b represent the knees, which connect the runners to thecrossbars c c c. Curved braces d serve to make more rigid the knees andcross-bars. These knees are set in holes drilled into the runners, andfastened by pins or otherwise. The runners are then connected by aslightly-curved brace, e, which brace is held in position byscrew-eyelets f f, screwing into a thread cut on the inside of the bar.

The curved end of the runners, at ,a point near y, is sprung outwardlytoward the outer side of the runners at any desired distance, accordingto the degree of flare required.

The raves B B are fastened to the forward end of the runners, and extendrearward and through the cross-bars c c c by means of holes drilledthrough said bars. The body-board O rests upon and is secured to thesecross-bars.

Curved braces F F (may be curved angular or straight) connect the frontcross-bar to the curved part of the runners at a point below 3 and serveto strengthen as well as beautify the general design.

The principle of using tubular metal or solid rods of differentdiameters is, that it enables the maker to unite the various parts bysimply drilling holes similar in size to the parts which are designed tobe fitted in, thus saving the comparatively great expense of mortisingthe knees, braces, and runners.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In combination with the runners, thebraces F F, connecting the forward parts of the runners to the frontcross-bar, the raves B B, fastened to the front ends of the runners, andextending rearward through the crossbars' 0 c c by means of drilledholes, the slightly-curved brace 6, connecting the forward parts of therunners, and the screw-eyelets ff, all substantially as and for thepurposes specified.

2. In a sleigh or sled made 'of tubular or solid metal, the combinationof the runners A A, curved in the manner specified, the knees a b, thebraces d d d, and cross-bars c c c, with the braces F F,connecting-brace e, and eyelets f f, constructed substantially as shownand described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affiX my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

JOHN w. rosn Witnesses WILLIAM Frron, J. R. NOTTINGHAM.

